Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-08

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and p. m. By Rev. Or. Morton.
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er meeting at the rooms at $50 p. N. Aims
House Mt 2:30 p. IN. and iai! ct p u.
DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE.-The Stuart
Eeaominatcd. The democratic convention
10 nominate candidate Tor the legislature
from lnis CITY aud county was held at the
Opera House to day. The convention was
called 10 order st II o'clock By MIR. l. Mar
bury. when Mr. S G.. Brent was elected
chairnGn, Mr. J. s. 2. Thompson secretary
and Mr.. H. N. KelI seggeant-et-arms. The
names Of the delegates elected at the iate
meetings we're read, showing nearly all
present The appointment OF committees
ss- dispensed with and the chair an
nouucei that the next business was the
nomination Of a candidate.
Nr j. w Peake nominated Hcg, G. q.
STUART.
llr.R.A. Sinclair nominated Mr.. Leonard
Marbury
Mr.. Marbury Withdrew his name from The
convention and stated how il was that he
had been presented as . candidate He
said tnn. when Judge Stuart haG Withdrawn
rom The canvass his (Stuart's) friends had
prevailed on him to allow his name &c 30
used aud be haG consented He wss viii
ing 10 serve anG sid his party whenever it
wished him to do so, but would not stand in
The way O! any good man the parts wished
20 nut forward. He thanked his friends for
their support and withdrew his name as q
ca lddate.
Mr.. j. w Hot, in brief and oompli-
msntary soeaeh. seconded ths nomination
OF Judge Stuart.
Mr.. J :. 3. Thompson moved 10 make
Judge StHgrte nomination Uuanimcu5, when
Mr. J T. Johnston. rom the county. took
the stand. aud in TRADE protested against
aaea ac.io8 He said the sDme cd game Of
crushing cut the cogntj was 5sing played,
and Insisted o. the nominee being & county
.a4u He then pr seated stc nams of Mr..
A. = Douglass as 9 man possessing all tbs
qualifications q legislator, aGd earned
tha civ that Il nc was not AouinGted the
party would be beaten.
Considerable confusion was created while
he was InGkins his speech, during which Dr..
Cox cid Ir Johnston that the city nGd
unaoimousiY offered he nomination to
county UlSD-iir. Frank Hume. but the lat
ter had declined
ballot was tba1 AIKEN, which resulted
10 the ;hjrtr four delegates from the city
voting FOR Judge StuerJ, and the six from
the county for air. Douglass.
motiop 10 maize the nomination unan-
imous was opposed b. The county delegates.
committee frcr3 the city and counsy
was then appointed 10 notify Judge Stuart
Of his nomination., bnt the county Gelsgetes
refused to serve.
The following resolution was yheu adopted:
Whereas, The fish and oyster industry Of the
ChesapeaSe Bay and It's tributaries is OF direct
importance TO the interests OF many Of our citi-
zens aud the democratic party III convention
having pledged Itself TO the fostering care of said
industry, be il
Resolved. That the candidate nominated at this
meeting is hereby instructed TO use his best en-;
ieavors for the protection and advancement of
the same
Mr.. Johss.on then handed the chairman
set OF resolutions, which ne haG ready pre-
pared in his pocket, which the chairman
at first declined to receive, but on calls being
made TO read them, he banded the paper 30
the secretary.
The paper was read, which proved 20 be
protest from the county against the action
OF the conventions, s. notice not 10 support
the nominee, and general withdrawal by
the county delegates from The convention.
Ii was signed by al Of tho six county dele
gates
Mr.. Thompson expressed himself sur
prised at tbs action of the county, eS-
planned that it was 81 The suggestion of Mr..
Douglass That nominating convention TAD
been called, anj' said he did not thinls mo
county delegates had acted fairly.
Mr c. p Graham, OF the county. then
took the stand snd excjfediy criticized the
action Of the county delegates. He said .be
sentiments expressed in Inc paper present
ed were not the coun;y's, huV Mr.. John
sons, who he openly charged with having
been bought BIZ MIR. Corbet ths republican
Nominee anu ealu lie Heu ~ ia JihCA Gnu
White that this was so He then pledged
the support Of the county to JuGge Stuart,
the nominee OF Tho convention.
Mr. Johnston then attempted % address
the meeting, bat was tad by the chaitnan
that by his own action Ia Njthdsawioe from
the convention ID" WIS ~ :cnger q u1iasate,
aud had no rights upon the h3o,
Mr. Johnston then, ain5 -seat confession
managed to make himself heard aid de-
nounced Mr. Graham a. 4. liar
Capt WIN. ]. Gary theu tosk he stard
and said the action Of cho county delegation
WAS most unreasonable Some Of Jhem bad
admitted to him that Judge Stuart .gas 5he
coming man. ana had SAID they wcud ~.
port bim. He saw Mr. Douglass in tie hail
aud knew ne would repUdiat9 the action #
the county delegates ard would do ncthiog
10 iaonerjizs the SUCCESS Of tha democratic